Karma

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According to the ways of life chosen by a person, his karma can be classified into three kinds:

the satvik karma, which is without attachment, selfless and for the benefit of others

the rajasik karma, which is selfish where the focus is on gains for oneself

the tamasik karma, which is undertaken without heed to consequences, and is supremely selfish and savage.
Swami Sivananda classifies karma into three kinds on the basis of action and reaction:Prarabdha so much of past actions as has given rise to the present birthSanchita the balance of past actions that will give rise to future births - the storehouse of accumulated actionsAgami or Kriyamana acts being done in the present life.

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It's been said, When you come to earth Brahma the creator stamps on your head the lesson you are suppose to learn in this lifetime. The more you work at it the more you get to see. Swami Sivananda says expect to get tested 3 times by Maya this is to insure you pass the tests of life without a doubt. Swami Vishnudevananda told us when tested we will/can fail as we are human but to surrender to God and ask for Grace. He woke up every morning and ask God to keep him on the spiritual path as He had taken vows to be a monk to never let the idea of a women take him away from His vows or maintaining the organization. He also told us that one day Master Sivananda was just as evolved as we were and He worked on His sadhana and became a world guru.

Master Sivananda left this, this morning.
QUESTION #211: When death is predestined and also is nothing but a pause to change the clothes, why is it, then, a sin to commit suicide and also to kill living beings for a certain cause?
ANSWER: Suicide as well as killing of other beings are both considered to be great sins, as they block the course of evolution of the Jiva. Moreover, putting an end to the present gross body by force does not help one to put an end to his sufferings. Sufferings and pleasures due to him by virtue of his past actions won't leave him until and unless they are enjoyed by him completely.
On the contrary, by suicide one is inviting more miseries, for it may take some time for him to get another gross body in which he can enjoy the effects of his actions, and during this interim period, he may have to move about in the form of a Preta or ghost. It is, of course, needless to say that killing a human being is a criminal offence legally and is totally heinous from the point of view of spiritual progress, barring, of course, such contingencies as in a war.

KARMA IS A dependable ACTION THAT YOU TAKE A VA CHAIN REACTIONS AND ACTIONS. As long as you have a body. As it says in the Bhagavad Gita Krishna THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THIS CHAIN IS THROUGH THE ACTION uninterested. Action in inaction. NAMASTE.
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Karma is depend upon law of relativity. Einstein has established Law of Relativity in physics. Thus defination of karma is as old as 5000 years( you can say although it was before that also but Krishna has to take avtar to make it understand to people and than Einstein)

I taught 26 Iranians at the Sivananda Ashram at Neyyar Dam last year, they were the best people. At tea they said, "We really don't like our leader he is an idiot." Being an American I said "We really don't like our leader (Bush) he too is an idiot." But we being Americans as a group they voted for him 2 X ! We laughed. They invited me to Tehran, than another said, "They will kill him" (me). It's so sad to me not having freedom.

QUESTION #217: If a person has been forced into wedlock with a girl not at all beautiful, but abounding in qualities of head and heart, what should characterize the attitude of that man towards his wife, constantly worried as he is on the count that his wife is not beautiful? How can he manage to conceal his pent-up feelings of frustration caused by the lack of beauty in his wife--aesthetically speaking and yet manage to lead a healthy, happy, harmonious married life?
ANSWER: It is not in the power of man to choose this beautiful girl or that, nor in the power of a girl to select this handsome or rich man or that. Everything is predestined. Man forgets this glaring fact, ignores this essential truth and thinks and feels that he is the real doer or the enjoyer. Say and console yourself: "Daivadheen, Daivadheen. Lord's Will, Lord's Will". Think and feel that everything that befalls your lot at any moment of your life is for the best. Be convinced of this grand truth and rejoice in philosophic indifference and stoic unconcernedness. Physical beauty is no beauty at all. It is skin deep. That woman who has the beauty of the virtue of chastity is the really beautiful woman on earth. This is in consonance with the proclamation of the great law-giver Manu. Study Manu Smriti, the Neeti Sastra of Manu. Hammer the mind again and again with the saying of Manu, "Chastity is the beauty of an ugly woman".
Beauty and ugliness are mental Kalpanas, illusory creations of the mind only, just as sweetness or bitterness lies in the mind and mind alone. Such are the Dharmas of the mind. Rise above the mind. Then you will be able to find beauty in ugliness, sweetness in bitterness and good in bad. Even the ideas of goodness, sweetness and beauty disappear when the proper grade of evolution is achieved.
The hand stands for Seva, the heart for Bhakti or Prem and the head for the intellect. This is a very rare combination which can be found in very few people. Beauty is the inner spirit of purity in a woman, at the very sight of which man is thrilled to horripilation and raised to heights of elysian bliss. That is to be treated as "true beauty".
Always try to see the good, the beautiful, the auspicious, the pleasant, however condemnable the worthy object of adoration be, on account of negative qualities. Then and then alone will you be able to evolve into the Infinite in greater and more abundant measure. As long as man limits himself with constricted notions and cherishes debasing, negative and dualistic thoughts, he is not to be considered as an expanded soul. Mentally prostrate before the woman who has the virtues of an Adarsha Pativrata as embodied in the epics of Bharata Varsha. Mend yourself. Feel that your position, your status, your earning capacity and your personality are but trash and a trifle when compared to the abundant wealth of beauty of solidified virtue of your wife. Give up egoistic assessment of values in life.